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9:1Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars.
9:2She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
9:3She has sent out her maids, and she calls from the highest point of the city.
9:4"Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.
9:5"Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.
9:6Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.
9:7"Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
9:8Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
9:9Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
9:10"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
9:11For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
9:12If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer."
9:13The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge.
9:14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
9:15calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way.
9:16"Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.
9:17"Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!"
9:18But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
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